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Diamond Cut-outs
This unusual bit of barbed-wire fencing stands along the southern end of Arrowhead Lake Road as it leads up to the Notch between Hesperia and Summit Valley (the Notch appears in the photo's upper right where the road disappears from view). The fence posts are made of mold-poured concrete; they are posted upright with the barbed wire strung through the diamond cut-outs—you can see the shadows of the barbed wire strands cast by the bright morning sun running along the base of the fence. The idea is clever, avoiding the eventual decay and rot of wooden fence posts, while providing a picturesque bit of fencing in the process.
Camera: Kodak Bantam f/4.5 Anastigmat Special (1938-1948). Kodak discontinued production of the Bantam's native 828 film (35mm roll film with 8 images, each 28 x 40mm) in 1985. I substituted conventional, sprocketed 35mm film, using backing paper cut down from 120 film backing paper according to an online tutorial by Dan Mitchell (www.pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=spool828). I didn't include the sprocket holes in my scan; the scanned negative area was thus approximately 24 x 40mm).
Film: 35mm 100 ISO Arista.edu Ultra, developed in Arista Liquid Developer for 7:45 minutes @ 66 degrees, scanned with an Epson V600 scanner.
Diamond Cut-outs
This unusual bit of barbed-wire fencing stands along the southern end of Arrowhead Lake Road as it leads up to the Notch between Hesperia and Summit Valley (the Notch appears in the photo's upper right where the road disappears from view). The fence posts are made of mold-poured concrete; they are posted upright with the barbed wire strung through the diamond cut-outs—you can see the shadows of the barbed wire strands cast by the bright morning sun running along the base of the fence. The idea is clever, avoiding the eventual decay and rot of wooden fence posts, while providing a picturesque bit of fencing in the process.
Camera: Kodak Bantam f/4.5 Anastigmat Special (1938-1948). Kodak discontinued production of the Bantam's native 828 film (35mm roll film with 8 images, each 28 x 40mm) in 1985. I substituted conventional, sprocketed 35mm film, using backing paper cut down from 120 film backing paper according to an online tutorial by Dan Mitchell (www.pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=spool828). I didn't include the sprocket holes in my scan; the scanned negative area was thus approximately 24 x 40mm).
Film: 35mm 100 ISO Arista.edu Ultra, developed in Arista Liquid Developer for 7:45 minutes @ 66 degrees, scanned with an Epson V600 scanner.